20-63439696-T-C

Variant names:

• chr20-63439696-T-C
• rs1555870554
• NM_172107.4:c.829A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP2 PP3_Moderate PP5_Moderate

The NM_172107.4(KCNQ2):​c.829A>G​(p.Thr277Ala) variant causes a missense change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. T277S) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: KCNQ2 NM_172107.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.10
• Publications: 2 publications found

Genes affected

KCNQ2 (HGNC:6296): (potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 2) The M channel is a slowly activating and deactivating potassium channel that plays a critical role in the regulation of neuronal excitability. The M channel is formed by the association of the protein encoded by this gene and a related protein encoded by the KCNQ3 gene, both integral membrane proteins. M channel currents are inhibited by M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and activated by retigabine, a novel anti-convulsant drug. Defects in this gene are a cause of benign familial neonatal convulsions type 1 (BFNC), also known as epilepsy, benign neonatal type 1 (EBN1). At least five transcript variants encoding five different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

KCNQ2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• complex neurodevelopmental disorder

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 7

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
• neonatal encephalopathy with non-epileptic myoclonus

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• neonatal-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• seizures, benign familial neonatal, 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
• seizures, benign familial neonatal, 2

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• benign familial infantile epilepsy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• benign neonatal seizures

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 43 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 7 uncertain in NM_172107.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr20-63439696-T-A is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 495250.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
• PP2: Missense variant in the KCNQ2 gene, where missense mutations are typically associated with disease (based on misZ statistic). The gene has 319 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 78 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 4.0411 (above the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 3.6968 (above the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to benign familial infantile epilepsy, malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy, developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 7, benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures, benign neonatal seizures, neonatal-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, complex neurodevelopmental disorder, seizures, benign familial neonatal, 2, seizures, benign familial neonatal, 1, neonatal encephalopathy with non-epileptic myoclonus.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.88
• PP5: Variant 20-63439696-T-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr20-63439696-T-C is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 2500737.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
KCNQ2	NM_172107.4	c.829A>G	p.Thr277Ala	missense_variant	Exon 6 of 17	ENST00000359125.7	NP_742105.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
KCNQ2	ENST00000359125.7	c.829A>G	p.Thr277Ala	missense_variant	Exon 6 of 17	1	NM_172107.4	ENSP00000352035.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 7 Pathogenic:1

Sep 02, 2022

Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Based on the classification scheme VCGS_Germline_v1.1.1, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. Following criteria are met: 0102 - Loss-of-function is a known mechanism of disease for this gene. Multiple premature termination codon variants resulting in loss of protein function have been reported in this gene (ClinVar). (N) 0104 - Dominant Negative is a mechanism of disease for this gene. Missense variants have been shown to have dominant-negative effects on the protein (PMID 24318194). (N) 0107 - This gene is known to be associated with autosomal dominant disease. (N) 0200 - Variant is predicted to result in a missense amino acid change from a threonine to an alanine. (N) 0251 - Variant is heterozygous. (N) 0301 - Variant is absent from gnomAD. (P) 0501 - Missense variant consistently predicted to be damaging by multiple in silico tools or highly conserved with a major amino acid change. (P) 0602 - Variant is located in a hotspot region or cluster of pathogenic variants (Ion transport domain). (P) 0603 - Missense variant in a region that is highly intolerant to missense variation (high constraint region). (N) 0703 - Comparable variants have moderate previous evidence for pathogenicity. Two alternate changes, p.(Thr277Ile) and (p.Thr277Ser), including de novo reports have been reported in cases of infantile epileptic encephalopathy (ClinVar; PMID 26544041; PMID 28926830; PMID 31780880). (P) 0802 - Moderate previous evidence of pathogenicity in unrelated individuals. This variant has been reported de novo in a patient with pediatric epilepsy (PMID 30182498). (P) 1002 - Moderate functional evidence supporting abnormal protein function. Transfected cells expressing this variant have been shown to have abolished channel function (PMID 17435769). (P) 1203 - Variant shown to be de novo in proband (parental status confirmed). (P) Legend: (P) - Pathogenic, (N) - Neutral, (B) - Benign -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.98
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.40	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.57
CADD	Pathogenic	27
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
Eigen	Uncertain	0.64
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.51
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.94	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.20	T
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.94	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.88	D
PhyloP100		6.1
Sift4G	Benign	0.14	T
MVP		0.71
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		4.0
PromoterAI		0.056	Neutral
Varity_R		0.93
Mutation Taster		=0/100	disease causing

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1555870554; hg19: chr20-62071049;